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tiling ; bring- the right hand over it, hand in the position of being just 

 ready to pick something up with the fingers ; then pass the right hand 

 over the left, the latter remaining still, and bring the fingers of the right 

 hand together as if you had picked up something. (Comanche I.) 



Deaf-nnde natural signs. — Touch the eyelid, then bend your body, and, 

 having pointed at the ground with your hand, clinch it and bring it up 

 and disclose it to the eye. [Cross.) 



Lower the open hand toward the ground, and then raise it shut up as 

 if to indicate that something is i)icked uj). {Hasensfab.) 



F«t\%'l. See Bird. 



Fraction. 



Indicate with the forefinger of the right hand the equivalent length of 

 the left forefinger. (Arajjaho I.) 



Freezing'. (Compare Frost.) 



Make a closing movement, as if of the darkness, by bringing together 

 both hands with the dorsa upward and the fingers to the fore ; tiie 

 motion is from right to left, and at the end tlie two indices are alongside 

 and close to each other, (liurton.) 



No sign separate from Cold, It in; Ice; or Frost, which denote 

 different degrees of coUl. [Dalotu 1.) 



Deaf-mute natural signs. — Shudder from head to foot; then set in mo- 

 tion your feet after the manner of skating, and then move the hand 

 about horizon tally. ( Cross. ) 



Eaise the arms toward the breast and shake the fists, and then move 

 the outstretched hands in a horizontal line. (Larson.) 



Friend. (Compare Salutation.) 



(1) Tips of the two first fingers of the rigiit hand placed against or at 

 right angles to tlie mouth ; (2) suddenly elevated upward and outward 

 to imitate smoke expelled. (Cheyenne I.) "We two smoke together." 



llold the extended left hand before ♦;he body, and grasp it with tlie 

 right. ((S'rtc, Fox., and Kichapool.) 



Point forward and a little upward with the .joined and extended fore 

 •Mid middle fingers of the right hand, wliich is to be placed a foot or so 

 in front of the right breast, the little and ring fingers closed, thujnb on 

 middle joint of ring finger ; move the hand upward to the right side of the 

 face, then straight forward about eight inches, and then a little upward. 

 Or hook the bent right index, palm downward, over the bent left index, 

 palm upward," the hands to be about a foot in front of the body. This 

 last they call a Mexican sign. (Dakota IV.) 



